EASTERN OREGON
FR
EE
!
marketplace
Place classified ads online at www.eastoregonmarketplace.com or call 1-800-962-2819 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
After hours, leave a voicemail and we’ll confirm your ad the next business day. Email us at classifieds@ east oregonian.com or fax: 541-278-2680
East Oregonian
Deadline is 3 p.m. the day before publication
211 S.E. Byers Ave.
333 E. Main St.
We accept:
Pendleton, OR 97801 Hermiston, OR 97838
See www.eastoregonmarketplace.com for classified ads from all over Eastern Oregon
EAST OREGONIAN • HERMISTON HERALD • BLUE MOUNTAIN EAGLE • WALLOWA COUNTY CHIEFTAIN
Postal
Customer
Local
TUESDAY
February 13, 2018
104 Special Notices
184 Personals
Contact Dayle or Grace at
PLEASE CHECK YOUR
AD ON THE FIRST DAY
OF PUBLICATION.
classifieds@eastoregonian.com
1-800-962-2819
to place your classified ad!
While we are happy to make
any necessary corrections,
we can not be responsible
for errors appearing for mul-
tiple days. Thank you!
487 Bargain Bin
502 Real Estate
504 Homes for Sale
GET A JUMP START on Spring
to find your new home-Multiple
listing allows your agent to find
the property to suit you. Call
Kerry.
TURN HERE REALTY &
TRAVEL
305 SW Court Ave
541-377-6855
$499,999- Beautiful home with
amazing views. 4+/- acres.
Priced below assessed values.
Call Shane at 541-379-7802
Garton & Associates
(541) 276-0931
CLASSIFIED LINE AD
DEADLINES
East Oregonian
3pm the day prior to
publication
Hermiston Herald
10am Tuesday
1-800-962-2819
502 Real Estate
classifieds@eastoregonian.com
NOW is the TIME to explore all
the possibilities for your new
home. Call 541 377 6855 today
for Reliable Representation.
Turn Here Realty & Travel
541-377-6855
110 Announcements
Attention Sellers, Winter can be
a great time to sell as you avoid
the Spring Time surplus of com-
petition. Call Matt Vogler for a
free Market Analysis.
John J. Howard & Assoc.
(541) 377-9470
Reach the buyer
you are looking
for with a low cost,
effective
classified ad.
Check today’s classified
ads for excellent buys on
the items you need!
LOOKING for livestock buyers?
Place a low-cost classified ad.
Put a smile on the heart with
the power of flowers.
HWY 395, HERMISTON
541-567-4305
Mon-Sat 8am-6pm • Sun 12pm-5am
www.cottagefl owersonline.com
Current MLS listings include
several 3 and 4 bedroom, 2 bath
homes for sale in popular loca-
tions. Call Matt Vogler, “The
Weekend and After Hours Re-
altor” for addresses and pricing.
541.377.9470
$295,000 Beautiful North Hill
View. 3 Bed 2 Full Bath. 2 half
Baths. Huge living room. Beau-
tiful Oak Kitchen. Two lots. Two
double car garages and much
more. MLS# 17054486
Rocky Mikesell
Blue Jeans Realty
“Our office is wherever
you are”
541-379-8690
PERMIT #73
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
PENDLETON, OR
97801
Flower/Candy Bouquets • Stuff ed Animals •
Balloons • Jewelry • Purses & More!
RMLS# 17194278 Cute 3 bed-
room 1 bath home with up-
grades. Seller motivated. Bring
an offer. Priced at $143,500.
Call Cathy (541) 215-0103.
Garton & Associates
(541) 276-0931
DROP by for a coffee and hon-
est professional guidance to find
the house on your wishlist. You
can choose from available prop-
erties all over the county to suit
your budget and style.
Turn Here Realty & Travel
305 SW Court
541-377-6855
STANDARD
PRE-SORT
$232,000- NEW LISTING. Nice
North Hill location backs to
wheat field. Hardwood floors,
tile, sunroom. Double garage,
newer furnace, newer roof. Call
Dori 541-310-1001 cell.
Coldwell Banker Whitney
541-276-0021
CLASSIFIED ADS work hard
for you. Try one today!
$264,900- McKay Park area!
3200sf (m/l), 4 bedroom, 3 bath
home on quiet cul de sac. 2 car
garage with a work shop behind.
Tons of storage. Kevin 541-969-
8243. #17431629
Coldwell Banker Whitney
541-276-0021
504 Homes for Sale
$142,000- 1160 +/- sq.ft. 3 bed-
room 1 bath on one level. Newer
siding, roof and many other up-
dates. Call 541-379-7802.
Garton & Associates
(541) 276-0931
FOR QUICK CASH
Use a classified ad to sell
items you no longer use.
McKay Creek Estates
So Many
Pills!
Does it seem like mom or dad take too many pills? Do they
have a hard time keeping track of what to take, and when?
If they see more than one physician, chances are they may
be taking too many drugs. Older adults who take multiple
drugs may suffer a negative medication interaction, including
an increased risk of falling or confusion.
Take
Control
of your
So Many Pills: Take Control of your Medications
Medications
Jasmine Huynh, Consultant Pharmacist,
PropacPayless Pharmacy
Wednesday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m.
Call (541) 704-7146 to RSVP or visit TheyDeserveTheBest.com.
Spaces are limited.
McKay Creek Estates
1601 Southgate Pl.
Pendleton, OR 97801
www.PrestigeCare.com
If you don’t subscribe, here’s what you missed:
News, features, sports, crime reports, public notices, entertainment, comics, puzzles,
classified ads, bargains and more ...
WHOVILLE
COMES TO
HERMISTON
/3A
G
WRESTLIN CT
DISTRI
TOURNAMENT B
NATION/6A
SPORTS/1B
PLANT HAS
THREE ODOR
CITATIONS
TWO BUCKS
SIGN WITH
UNIVERSITIES
REGION/3A
SPORTS/1B
PORTLAND
CROWS
VS. HAWKS
OREGON/2A
WHAT WILL
$100,000
GET YOU?
ANOTHER
TOUGH
DISTRICT
REGION/3A
REGION
WEEKEND
EDITION
SPORTS/1B
SPORTS/1
STOCK
MARKET
DROPS
WEDNESDAY, FEBR
Y 6, 2018
, FEBRUAR
One dollar
TUESDAY
OF THE
WINNER
2017 ONPA
WINNER OF THE
142nd Year, No. 80
One dollar
AWARD
L EXCELLENCE
2017 ONPA GENERA
ses
e-state focu
State-of-th ve economy
on inclusi
No. 79
many of which
logy
through 2024,
in the techno out
will occur
tly, one
industry. Curren openings
water,” of every four job is filled by
y
s are still under
in that industr
been familie said.
hires, she said.
who have
Brown
Oregonians out-of-state there is a gap
Oregonians by the state’s
While some
jobs to
“It is clear
ACHEN
left behind prosperity and are working two ists are
By PARIS
/8A
economic growth.
state econom
Capital Bureau
See STATE
job
ic get by, ing 27,000 high-wage
year
rising econom
Kate steady
“Oregon’s lifting all boats. project openings each
— Gov.
SALEM ted her state-
job
be
hardworking
y tide should
Brown dedica
speech Monda of Yet many
of-the-state
the issue
to addressing
n kicks off
Gov Brow
the 35-day
Assembly
Legislative
mplin Media
142nd Year, No. 81
Tensions
rise as
delays
continue
on depot
transfer
PENDLETON
CE AWARD
EXCELLEN
GENERAL
WINNER OF THE 2017 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
“Thirty years of work, and within one night, everything is gone.”
Ginger Afdahl, flooded property owner in Milton-Freewater
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
measuring
Thomas sets the
. Hughes was
parks lead Shane
Park in Pendleton
his hand while
gestures with
on Tuesday at Aldrich
director Liam Hughes
Jeff Hamilton looks
and Recreation
parks manager are needed to the facilities.
Pendleton Parks a laser leveling device while
updates that
mechanism on parks Tuesday and discussing
touring the city’s
ts
s to new he r igh
Taking pa tor rk bring
credentials
s lengthy list of caree
“There’s been a
public process for
tell
29 years. Don’t
me it needs more.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
How many more Dalana Murphy and her future mother-in-law, Ginger Afdahl, walks through flood waters from the North Fork Walla Walla
years does it need?” River running through their farm Wednesday outside of Milton-Freewater. The North Fork Walla Walla River broke its banks
— Gary Neal,
manager
Port of Morrow general
Sunday evening inundating their small ranch with more than a two feet of water in some places.
Flood wipes out family farm
Development
the Columbia (made up of
Authority board
Umatilla
representatives from
By JADE MCDOWELL
with state agencies to figure out
County, the
County, Morrow
East Oregonian
of Morrow
what they need to do to fix the
Port of Umatilla, Port
problem and what government
Tribes of the
each
and Confederated
) as What man takes years to
as being very similar,
help might be available. Beyond
a conve-
Umatilla Indian Reservation road-
containing a pub,
destruction of property, Ginger
build, Mother Nature can wipe
other
they discussed additional
nience store and few small
up.
said there’s also the problem
out in a day.
blocks that have come to be one
amenities in their
By ANTONIO SIERRA
of the property’s lease, which
Ginger and Brian Afdahl
continues
just
“It
boundaries.
East Oregonian
after another,”
defines the property line as
are learning that lesson the
remembered
lost opportunity
She
said,
halfway across the river. If the
laid-back
member Kim Puzey hard way after unusual weather
being
tall
as
board
of
lot
Hughes
a
developers
There are
river doesn’t move back to its
patterns caused the North Fork
referring to interested
Liam
while remaining passionate
due to
tales surrounding one of
previous channel, she said, there
of the Walla Walla River to wash
who have gone elsewhere
about sports, eventually
basket-
Hughes, and at least
goes half their property.
through
their
10-acre
home-
the delays.
gravitating toward
Base
them is true.
The
National
Weather
stead east of Milton-Freewater
The U.S. Army’s office
ball.
To contain his 7-foot-2-
t and Closure Sunday
7-2, everybody
Service in Pendleton has been
afternoon. The couple
Realignmen
“Being
to
Englishman
the
expected
said
inch frame,
issuing flood advisories for
ong
was at one point the CDA had
for spent decades investing in
knew who he was,”
bought an eight-foot-l
the Walla Walla River east of
improvements to the property,
transfer land to
needed
Hopkins-Chery.
devel-
and
agricultural
mattress, but he still
and
Hughes
his
Milton-Freewater due to rains
industrial
only to watch the river turn it
Both
preserve
up
a bed frame. Using skills,
opment and a wildlife
and early snowmelt caused by
into
has a tangle of broken irrigation
Hopkins-Chery ended
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
amateur carpentry lengthy
basketball
but that deadline most
their
2013,
in
lines,
waterlogged
equipment
his
pursuing
times,
Hogs sit on pallets placed in their pen to giving the animals the unusually warm February
States,
Hughes lined
since moved several 2018. and uprooted fences.
made
dreams in the United
a dry place to escape the flood waters on Wednesday at the weather, and on Wednesday
to
mattress with a frame
recently to November meeting,
“Thirty years of work, and Afdahl’s ranch on the North Fork Walla Walla River east of Mil- issued an updated advisory
with Hughes moving
logs.
2000
from
in
Tuesday’s
During
me
by E.J. Harris
Modesto, California
cautioning that “minor flooding
within one night, everything is ton-Freewater.
director Greg
Staff photo
“All my friends hate me
the
however, CDA
help
while still in high school.
is expected to continue through
bank of
gone,” Ginger said.
the Environ-
to
when they have to
the south ton.
who
Smith reported that Agency had
Hughes was able
Thursday and impact residential
The river continues to flow channel with backhoes because or “re-align” a stream’s path.
normally
move it,” said Hughes,
what is rd Bridge in Pendle N 3A
mental Protection and decided
the bed
advance his basketball
“They say we can’t run any property and fields along and
through the property, carving a of government regulations meant
trees on
State
has since retired
see REGIO
E.J. Harris
changed its mind A permit
envelopes ay near the Bedfo
Staff photo by
for and deeper channel. But to protect fish habitats, particu- equipment in the river, and right near the river.”
career at Oregon there
deeper
river water
Mond
from personal use. into his
High water
playing
around while
to require a Class disposal the
er and rising
River on
under
Flooding at the Afdahls’
Afdahls say they have had larly requirements for a permit now my property is the river,”
Hughes looks Hamilton on University,
Just a few days
using
Umatilla on warm weath
director Liam
of
hazardous waste
for four years before
n to and
Thomas and Jeff
turn away friends’ offers of from the U.S. Army Corps of Ginger said.
For more
new job as the director and Pendleton Parks and Recreation
eligibility
Park with Shane
the Resource Conservatio
he it back into its proper Engineers for any work to change
an extra year of Oregon
See FLOOD/8A
said
She said they are working
pushing
the Pendleton Parks
a tour of Sherwood
Recovery Act. Smith
to play for Western in search
Department, taking in Pendleton.
would likely
Recreation
census.
thought that process
into his Tuesday
University while
county its 2011
n
school
high
Hughes ducked his legs
southwester
the
Hughes’
more minutes.
office and stretched in for an to the head of one of Eastern of Essex. Situated near the classmate Sarah Hopkins- for
See DEPOT/3A
extensive
A
out as he settled
Crouch, the British Chery described the villages
Oregon’s most
HUGHES/5
River
See
interview Monday. Hughes, municipal park systems. in Office for National Statis- in that area of the country
The soft-spoken
Hughes grew up in tics counted 6,527 people in
journey
HERMISTON
34, recounted his England Hullbridge, a village
from small-town
n
coalitio
PENDLETON
She and fellow io Rojas
Eugen
s
WRIGHT
member
By PHIL
due proces
ian
also said a constitutional
East Oregon
s
to remain for undocumented
of
ers have
degree, two counts
Do Dream deportation right rants. The U.S.
By PHIL WRIGHT
second
By JAYATI
tion
sexual abuse in the count of
worry about States? Do immig I m m i g r a
East Oregonian
RAMAKRISHNAN
Customs
degree, and one the third
from the United
and
ted
too
East Oregonian
at
sexual abuse in
undoc umen have
Enforcement es
to
Pendleton firefighters
degree. According
will be
immigrants nal
often trampl s
station
future
, Weems
their
The Boardman teacher
they
const itutio
was the indictment a girl
on due proces
rounds
able to warn passers-by
abused
arrested Friday
with the
rights?
when it
of
for
with
the age
are hitting the road
under
charged
people
Members
up
they
Walla
push of a button.
of 18 between
multiple counts
mush-
the Walla a t i o n
deportation, that’s
and
A big, red, on the
March
of sexual abuse
I m m i g r Coali-
said, and utional
of
incidents
room-shaped button
November
for
Rights
a constit
ed
Department
wall.
2017 in Wasco
that took place
by Pendleton Fire
tion answer
violation. added
Photo contributed
fire
new station on the
while
other
The
r
year
Pendleton
County.
and
last
new
will
Schola
the
also
those
ns Jesse Roa
U.S.
Weems was
east end of town — the The modified designs the for former St. Anthony Hospital
he was teaching
tricky questio
being in the on,
at a
house old fire tech fire pole station, to be built on
hired by the
violati
in The Dalles.
Saturday Herm-
y is a civil
city’s 59-year-old
R o b e r t
Morrow County
site on Court Avenue.
one.
and
forum in l Scholar said illegall
a criminal
locals
and original bell.
Project manager
School District
Weems, 42, was
iston. Abigai ed Action for not More than 30 most
2017,
Chief Mike Ciraulo Room. The project is funded architect Cathy Bowman
The Weems
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
by
Fire
July
l
in
arrested
Deferr
white,
voters
McDowel
the
the design
by Jade
some
Arrivals only
Police
$10 million bond red of Mackenzie explained
d for
a sixth-grade
and members of
er
Staff photo
Dalles
general by a
t of
The
Childhood s people for —
— gathere
charged and is now
Clint Spenc
Oregon Departmen
firm Mackenzie and
approved last year.
forum at
and has been official
ann and on Monday.
“de-prioritize but does Latino
working
McCormack button, Ciraulo said, is about the
three-hour
pal
contractor
, David Drotzm
See TEACHER/6A
Transportation is
with one count of
the
from the St. John’s Episco with
deportation,”
Four FFA teams compete in the parliamentary procedure category at the Blue Mountain District
Second Street
first
public safety and
, Byron Smith
but
Dreamers
the
Construction delivered
Northeast
misconduct in the
Leadership Career Development Event on Wednesday at BMCC in Pendleton. Nearly 150 stu-
not free
update on increasing down emergency
Larry Fetter l street on
. Jesse Roa rant
ction period
See FIRE/6A
to right,
tidbits during an
festiva
dents from nine teams competed in the event. Students competed in categories that included
night cutting time.
ies Immig the
have shifted
deportation. terms, she said, Church
ny the constru
From left d on the new
the Tri-Cit
the fire state Tuesday
response
g ceremo l lines of cones away from the
parliamentary procedure, extemporaneous speaking, creed speaking, beginning public speaking,
In simple
break groun
ating in Coalition organized
groundbreakin
d festiva
at the city hall Community
uals particip
of
traffic farther Construction is
sophomore public speaking, and advanced public speaking.
ng place for the city’s planne
top
individ
the
at
gatheri
N/8A
not
RATIO
e until
y.
work area.
will be a new
DACA are tion list, but they
See IMMIG
Hermiston.
street Monda l street on expected to continu
in downtown
the deporta the list.
we under-
The festiva Street will
rial Day.
“Sometimes is messy, and
remain on
to Memo
ast Second
ss
so we Northe from Main Street and
ISTON/8A
stand progre
extend
See HERM
enient, and
it’s inconv the community’s Gladys Avenue. Gladys
during
passable
ask for
Mayor David Main are
patience,” said during a
Drotzmann
New department
direc
ng
aters risi
Muddy w
lesson
Locals get and
CA
ground on DA
rights
ks
on
ea
ati
br
gr
et
mi
im
stival stre
New fe
MCDOWELL
By JADE
ian
East Oregon
ed
and re-rout
Noise, dust the new normal
be
s
traffic will
few month
result
for the next
hall, but the
around city
a big, red button
Bells, whistles and
WINNER OF THE
Your Weekend
BOARDMAN
Lost Valley
Farm hit
with $10K
penalty
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
2017 ONPA GENERA
L EXCELLENCE
er’s
Windy River teach
came
sex abuse charges
Dalles
from time in The
FFA teams test their skills at competition
LADY
BUCKS
BEAT
DAWGS
FLY
LIFESTYLES/
1C
9, 2018
SPORTS/1B
AWARD
One dollar
MISSION
142nd Year,
“Seussical the
Musical”
at Hermiston High
Youth outdoor
skills
day in Pendleton
Love Keeps Us
Warm
benefit in Pendleton
For times and
places
see Coming Events,
5A
•
•
•
No. 83
WINNER
OF THE
FEB
RUARY 10-
11, 2018
Accusatio
ns of part
isanship ri
le audits ch
ief
2017 ONPA
Gov’s spok
esman says
audits are
By CLAIR
E WITHY
political; secre
COMBE
Capital Bureau
tary of state
Top advise
GENERAL
EXCELLEN
CE AWARD
$1.50
rs from each
office fires
now plan
SALEM —
office began
back spokesman
A public accusa
discuss their to meet in person
by a gubern
last week
for
the secreta atorial staffer tion
Allegations working relationship. to office release after Richardson’s Kate Brown told Democratic Gov.
the Salem
man-Jo
of partisa
critical audit d a lengthy
Problems
politically ry of state’s audits that have popped
in the state’s
motivated
of the state’s and audits urnal that Richar States- care system
up on occasi nship care system
dust-up betwee
has created are Oregon’s Repub
“are just
foster
dson’s well-d
on since
foster
are longsta
lican Secret
of work, . Over a year’s worth
The spokes about politics.”
nding and
offices, public n Oregon’s two a of State Dennis
ocume
records show. top office a
told the newsp man, Chris Pair,
Richardson ary problems auditors found numer
In 2016, nted.
little
also Brown
at Oregon’s
ous
outside consul
took of
aper that the
Human Servic
Department nor’s Office had
But the over a year ago.
hired the
Gover- into
tants
most recent
already identifi
es
the
child safety year before to dig
flare-up kids’ safety at risk. that could put that issues raised by
the audit ed Child Welfar issues found DHS
After the
DHS had
e needed
audit came
begun addres and change
most of the
a culture
and other
out, a tions.
sing
auditors’ recom
“foundational
menda- shifts.
”
Catch a movie
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
EO Media Group
Guard
The Oregon National
of the former
has its portion
Depot, but
Umatilla Chemical the rest of
nobody knows when
be transferred
the property will for economic
to local control
development.
palpable
Frustration was conference
on a meeting via
members of
between
call
LEARNING TO
ON/9A
142nd Year, No. 82
One dollar
Dairy also faces two
lawsuits for unpaid debts
L
By JADE MCDOWEL
East Oregonian
Group
Jaime Valdez/Pa
of the state
rs her state
ay delive 35-day session.
atures
Brown Mond
Gov. Kate opening the Legisl
address
GOP, DEMS
BUDGET WIN DECLARE
NATI
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018
UARY 7, 2018
NATION/6A
142nd Year,
SpaceX
launches
new rocket
BULLDOGS
SURVIVE IN
OVERTIME
Oregon’s farm regulators have slapped a
$10,640 penalty on a major new dairy near
Matt Kennedy/Marve
Boardman for allegedly discharging waste
l Studios-Disney
A king dresses
in violation of permit conditions.
up like a
big cat and runs
The company, Lost Valley Farm, is also
around
punching and
facing two lawsuits filed by contractors who
scratching
claim they haven’t been paid for installing people in “Black Panther.”
UMATILLA
equipment and providing construction For showtime,
See AUDIT
Page
S/12A
services.
For review, Weekend 5A
EO
A “confined animal feeding operation”
inspection by the Oregon Department of Weekend Weather
Agriculture found on Dec. 5, 2017, that
HERMISTON
Fri
Sat
Sun
wastewater from the dairy had overflowed
into a pit that’s not authorized for storage,
which wasn’t reported to the agency as
required.
The dairy, which eventually plans to
milk 30,000 cows, was also faulted for
Board of Trustees
maintaining inadequate lagoon storage 46/26 43/30 41/29
KCUW on Tuesday vice-chair Jeremy Wolf and
candidate Shana
in Mission. Wolf
capacity to deal with runoff in case of a
Radford participate
and Radford are
running against
in
storm.
Staff photo by
each other in a a candidate Q&A on Jill-Marie
E.J. Harris
runoff election
Gavin’s radio show
Another inspection on Dec. 15, 2017,
Feb. 12.
on
found that liquid and solid manure had
discharged from a tank, flowing into areas
By JAYAT
I RAMAKRISH
unauthorized for waste storage, which
NAN
East Oregon
against wasn’t reported to ODA.
ian
Civil penalties of $10,640 were recently
Though
imposed on the dairy for these violations,
iston stayed overall crime in Herm-
but the company may request an adminis-
aggravated fairly stable in 2017,
assault saw
trative hearing on the matter by mid-Feb-
a spike.
Of the
Hermiston eight categories
ruary.
By ANTONIO SIERRA
Police Depart the
tracks for
Aside from these violations, the
East Oregonian
ment
“The only fear that
By PARIS ACHEN
the numbe its annual crime report,
company was issued three notices of
rs
remained mostly
Capital Bureau
But the departm
non-compliance with its CAFO permit
Voters often complain
have is that we forget I
that it feels
ent recorde flat.
incidents
like campaign season
between late June and late November of
d 36
never ends, but
SALEM — State
where we came
a g g r a v a of
on the Umatilla Indian
Sen.
from.”
Reservation,
Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg
assault, t e d
it literally hasn’t.
See DAIRY/8A
— Jeremy Wolf,
a
,
submitted his
jump
Nearly three months
incumbent
from
vice-chair of the
after Elec-
Thursday over resignation
last year’s
tion Day and with
Board of Trustees
he persistently allegations
incidents. 20
for the Confederat all the other races the
subjected
ed Tribes of the
event of a tie, tribal
women at the Oregon
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Of
law requires
Capitol
to unwelcome touching.
Board the incumbent stay seated while
a s s a u l the
of Trustees and
both
ts
The
tracked, more
settled, incumbent General Council candidates participate in a runoff.
Umatilla
resignation
is
With less than
effective March
than
Friday at senior cheerleader
challenger Shana Jeremy Wolf and election
a week before
half
Umatilla
Radford are still
will continue to 15, so he
day, Wolf and Radford
were related
High Schoo Maria Fernanda
vying for the vice-chair
got
Hernandez
l.
position on two more opportunities to
legislator’s salary receive a
to domes
the board.
leads a class
make their
and $142
case in front of a
in-session per diem.
violence tic Edmiston
cheer off
large audience
The BOT is a nine-memb
with her
agreed not to come He has
er body, voters — a joint radio interview of
controlled and
elected every two
fellow teamm
to Capitol
at
KCUW studios and
and will not be voting
alcohol — substances — usually
ates during Staff photo by E.J. Harris
policy for the CTUIR years, that sets forum
a
on the
a pep rally
during weekly
at the Nixyaawii community
Senate floor during
more than were also a factor
meetings.
on
Governance
the rest of
half.
in
Center open only
the 35-day legislative
Other
to tribal members.
The extended
categories
At the Tuesday interview
which ends March session,
annually
result of a 370-vote campaign is the
tracked
are homici
at the
Senate Majority 11, said
burglary, larceny
de, robber
candidates on the Nov. tie between the tribal radio station, both candidates Jeremy Wolf,
Leader
y,
, auto theft,
14 election. In
the incumbent
Ginny Burdick, D-Portland
and rape. In
By PHIL WRIGHT
Staff photo by
See CTUIR/10A
radio show Tuesday
vice-chair of the
E.J.
arson
2016 the instanc
.
board, speaks Harris
rape increas
East Oregonian
on KCUW
Despite a damning
election against
By JAYAT
es of
candidate Shana in Mission. Wolf is in a on a
I RAMAKRISH
by an independen report
down to four ed to seven, but were
runoff
Radford scheduled
t investi-
NAN
East Oregon
for Feb. 12.
also one homici in 2017. There
and six boys
Umatilla County aims to close the gator
gap released Wednesday,
ian
de in Hermi was
— will compe
Kruse,
2017, about
Veterans
jail inmates face from when they get
out in a statement,
ston
As
the
in
the
te at Courtn
Memorial
continued to deny
sees each year. same as Hermi
Portland this
Colise
cheer team Umatilla High Schoo
to when they get into treatment for mental
the allega-
ston
weekend for um in in her ey Daniel, a sophom
l at the OSAA
Other catego
way to the flips and tumble
health and alcohol or drug addictions. tions against him.
first year
a shot
ries that
as a cheerle ore girls cartwh
increases include
weekend, state competition s its school co-ed state title in the large “I don’t think people
Dale Primmer, director of Umatilla
eeled and somers
ader.
d larceny, saw
they are already this perform
saw a growth
division.
realize that. on the mats before
of what they’v
aulted
which
County Community Justice, said while the See KRUSE/10A
They’ll We have football players
proud routine a two-and-a-ha
girls up in
to 412. Auto from 395 inciden
lifting three
lf minute stuntmen, and
as our
“For most e done.
the air
jail provides treatment, the program has
, featuri
By JAYATI RAMAKRIS
increase, from theft also saw ts
of these kids,
jumps, stunts ng tumbling, dance, it’s different even they agree — where they made and tossing them,
their first
HNAN
lacked the crucial component that helps
an
than anythi
27 inciden
year doing
a full revolu
and a cheer.
it’s
East Oregonian
done.”
Police
ts to 41.
ng they’ve before coming down.
coach Randi
Thoug
cheer,”
tion
inmates continue treatment outside the
said some of Chief Jason Edmis
Garrett. “And said on their h they keep a
“The most
The team
first year coache
ton
the increas
smile
cell. The board of county commissioners
challenging
we’re cheerle faces the
It may be named
were a result
ed numbers
whole time, several footba got a boost from was learning
“El Dumps-
thing
The team s.”
aders
of having more
Wednesday morning took action to remedy
terbot,” but the students
officers.
of 16 —
strenuous said the sport is more the team after ll players who joined never thrown the technique. I’ve
patrol
of
10
Echo
than
that with a 3-0 approval of a $125,556
School’s robotics
girls in
By PARIS ACHEN
girls
Demonstrating their season ended. before,” said
“If I added
the air
“It’s really many think.
Darian Smith,
machine will take team hope their
contract for Community Counseling
Capital Bureau
their routine
anothe
omore
challenging,”
officer, they’re
rest of the
them in a different
a soph-
for the after who joined as
school
said Friday
going to find r patrol
direction.
Solutions to provide a full-time employee
he said.
a stuntm
his football
more,”
morning, at an assembly
SALEM — State
season ended. an
A group of 22
to handle mental health and drug/alcohol
both boys
But he
lawmakers
and
say they plan to
high schoolers will Echo middle and
assessments, care coordination and referrals
aggravated said the numbers
See CHEE
advance a bill
send
four
assault
for
R/12A
teams
that
to a qualifying event
would prohibit
were troubli
at the jail.
abusers
ng.
and stalkers from
Saturday, where they in Hillsboro on
“So in theory, the person will go from one
See CRIM
possessing firearms. owning or
E/11A
for a spot in a state will compete
facility, the jail, right into a service provider
The legisla-
competition..
tion also would require
Students from
that is orientated and ready to receive them,”
Oregon
the “Super
State Police to notify
Cougars” team
Primmer said. “That’s the goal.”
enforcement when other law
Dumpsterbot,” a worked on “El
The funding comes from the Oregon
they learn
someone has tried
supposed to be able robot that is
to obtain a gun
Justice Reinvestment Grant Program, which
illegally.
back and forth, to push a block
By JADE
provides money to help keep offenders out
and lift a small
MCDO
Gov. Kate Brown
garbage can.
of state prisons. Primmer said with the board
identified
East Oregon WELL
the law change
black and
The name, however,
ian
as
one
vote, Community Counseling Solutions can
white
of
stems
her
from
priorities almost
somewhere else.
original owners pit bull until
Who shot
recruit and hire the person with the right
his
and she was first to two years ago,
or a new
can be found.
“Originally we
Echo freshman
The two Rez?
speak in favor
home
credentials to conduct both mental health
Michael Dorn
of it during a hearing
Staff photo
had to cover the had gears, and we system for a
Three Pendle
show someb bullet holes in his head
mechanical arm and Elijah Garcila work on by E.J. Harris
and drug and alcohol assessments, get the
the House Judiciary in front of
ton
sure they weren’t gears up to make
on their robot Thursday
a pulley
They failed, ody wanted him dead. found Rez
— named residents
hire on board and roll out a program.
in Hermiston.
Wednesday, Feb. 7. Committee
Devlyn Wilson, dangerous,” said issues, the students
recovers from but even as the victim Umatilla Indian
for the
an eighth-grader.
“I think April 1 is when we targeted to hit
Reservation
surgery there
She recounted
“So we had cardboard
on Cabbage
they’ve learned in recall how much started from scratch.
suspects.
are no Charle
just one semester.
over it, and it
Hill two weeks — up
the go button,” Primmer said.
ago, she had visited how a year
was very messy.”
“I had a little experience
“They’ve had no experience
It’s difficu
s Roe, Brando
Oregon State
ago.
That also is when he said a version of
lt to intervi
Trooper Nic Cederberg
going
with
in,
As they work to
n Kellogg
which is
ew a dog, and Linsey Kellog
finish up their a but not much,” said Joe Faulkner, programming or anything,” said
in the
hospital after he was
drug court could re-open.
g were
projects and catch
home
ninth-grader. He was
hoping that why his caretakers
Don Walker, the
last-minute that
group’s advisor.
are mount from a day up coming
if they spread
while responding shot 12 times
Community Justice operated drug court
of his recove
did, as most of one of a few
ains scoutin
in
to
the
a
the
domestic
word
the
students
violence call on Christmas
g locatio
until state funding declined last year. Since
Brando
See ROBOT/10A
human witnes ry wide enough
night
, a don’s n Kellogg Outdoo ns for
s may come
then, Primmer said, his department has been
and help
rs, Bran-
guide busine
forwar
See GUNS/10A
ss. Near
where Rez solve the mystery d westbound viewpo
the
See JAIL/8A
of 84, they
tried to kill came from and who
spotted the int on Interstate
him.
dog.
“He was
Rez walks
“Someone
laying in
around a
accountable needs to be held when we drove
the brush
yard as he
recovers
said Angela for what they did,” head out,” Roe by and poked his
from being Contributed photo
said.
shot twice by Angela Zilar Sheltering Zilar of A2Z Anima
The
in the head.
l covered dog was emacia
Tri-Cities. Services of
in dried blood
ted,
the
She is caring
and a little
for the
Police chief
addresses
increase in
assaults
Tribal tiebreaker
Sen. Kruse
resigns over
misconduct CTUIR mem
bers to vote for BOT
allegations
vice-chair in runo
ff election
County plans
to streamline
path from jail
to treatment
Echo students hop
e
can get them to stat ‘Dumpsterbot’
e competition
THEY G
OT SPIR
IT
state com
Umatilla Hig
h School che
er team rea
dy for
Lawmakers
seek to close
gun loophole
Friends re
scue pit bu
ll shot
petition
twice in th
e head
See DOG/1
1A
Subscribe and get it all, five days a week. Get full online access with a print subscription.
Call us! 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1
SEE WEEKLY ADVERTISING CIRCULARS INSIDE